Real players competing on real golf courses for real stakes. That's all it takes. During a time in which professional golf decision makers are pulling hair out of their heads trying to whip together ...

Emma Raducanu may not have had much success in this year's US Open mixed doubles tournament but she is a big admirer of the idea and she is urging other Grand Slams to do something similar. For the ...

Wimbledon adopting the US Open’s new-look mixed-doubles format looks a complete non-starter after Tim Henman delivered a withering verdict on the radical revamp. The attempt to breathe new life into ...

TORONTO — Two years ago, on a sunny afternoon at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto, Jannik Sinner raised the Canadian Open trophy. Confetti showered the Italian as he lifted his first ATP 1,000 title, one ...

MASON, Ohio — Ben Navarro was sitting on one of the most valuable properties in sports: A license for one of the six combined top-level events in tennis outside of the Grand Slams. Navarro purchased ...

The British Open has been decided in a playoff 21 times before, most recently in 2015. The Open playoff format is typically a four-hole aggregate, but Royal Portrush uses a three-hole playoff format.

Patrick McEnroe calls it "great for the Open." It’s the blockbuster lineup of star-studded teams that have officially entered into the new U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Championship for 2025. The list ...

The 2025 U.S. Open is giving us everything we want out of a major: a ton of competitors, fighting to win despite not being able to stay under par at Oakmont, which features a ton of challenges this ...

The U.S. Open has had 33 playoffs in 124 versions of the national championship but none since 2008. Golf fans will recall that was the famous Monday playoff between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate, one ...

The U.S. Open uses a two-hole aggregate playoff to determine its champion. In this format, if two or more players are tied after 72 holes of regulation, they will compete over two additional holes ...

The US Open playoff is a two-hole aggregate on the 17th and 18th holes. If needed, players then advance to sudden death starting on the 15th hole. The US Open used a full 18-hole round as its playoff ...